Tlymenoptera from the Kltasia TUUs. 323 



soft white pubescence. The species in both sexes is much 

 more thickly pubescent than any of the other Indian species ; 

 and the antennae are also lonsrer than usual. 



Discolia erythropoda, sp. n. 



Black ; the front, vertex, a line on the upper outer eye- 

 orbits, the sides of the metanotum, two small marks on the 

 first and the greater part of the second and third abdominal 

 segments above, lemon-yellow; the legs dai'k red and 

 covered with reddish hair ; the hair on the head, thorax, 

 base of abdomen, and its ventral surface reddish; on the 

 rest of the abdomen the hair is black : the wings fulvo- 

 hyaline, darker and deeper in tint along the costa ; in the 

 centre, near the apex, is a longish fuscous cloud ; the stigma 

 and nervures dark fulvous. ? . 



Length 24-26 mm. 



Hab. Khasia. C<j11. Rothncy. 



Front and vertex shining, iinpunctate ; the centre of the 

 face is raised, surrounded by a smooth shining line, which 

 is broadly rounded above. Mesonotum smooth and shining, 

 rather strongly irregularly punctured round the edges. Scu- 

 tellum sparsely punctured. Metanotum punctured somewhat 

 closely, but not strongly, except on the centre at the base. 

 The second dorsal segment of the abdomen is narrowly 

 bordered with black at the base, more broadly at the 

 apex ; on the sides, united to the last by a narrow neck, 

 is an irregular black mark ; the third segment at the base 

 and apex is irregularly lined with black, and the basal band 

 projects in the centre, the projection becoming gradually 

 narrowed towards the apex ; the apical three segments 

 are thickly covered with long black hair. ? . 



The male has the clypeus, except for a triangular black 

 mark in the middle, the eye-incision, a large broad mark 

 on the pronotum, two large marks on the base of the 

 second abdominal segment, and the greater part of the third, 

 lemon-yellow. The legs are coloured as in the female ; the 

 cosse and trochanters are black; the antennae are entirely 

 black ; the median segment wants the large lateral yellow 

 marks found in the female ; the apical streak seen in the 

 female wings is absent, and the fulvous tint is almost absent, 

 except along the fore margin, in the wings; the hair on the 

 thorax is pale. The tegulse in both sexes are rufous; the 

 scape may be rufous in the female; and the ventral surface 

 is entirely black. The base of the petiole has a straight 



